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  • Haydn: Quartet in E-flat major for Strings, Hob. III:38, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke”
  • Haydn: Quartet in C major for Strings, Hob. III:45, Op. 50, No. 2
  • Haydn: Quartet in F major for Strings, Hob. III:82, Op. 77, No. 2
  • Haydn: Quartet in F minor for Strings, Hob. III:35, Op. 20, No. 5
  • Mahler: Quartet in A minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello
  • Schumann: Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 47
  • Brahms: Quartet in G minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 25
  • Mozart: Duo in G major for Violin and Viola, K. 423
  • Martinu: Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola, “Three Madrigals”
  • Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
  • Mozart: Quintet in G minor for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello, K. 516
  • Sibelius: Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 58
  • Sibelius: Five Esquisses for Piano, Op. 114
  • Ravel: Menuet antique for Piano
  • Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit for Piano
  • Couperin: L’exquise for Solo Piano
  • Schubert: Quartet in A minor for Strings, D. 804, Op. 29, No. 1, “Rosamunde”
  • Schubert: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano, D. 934, Op. 159
  • Mozart: Sonata in A major for Violin and Piano, K. 526
  • Mendelssohn: Quartet in C minor for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 1
  • Brahms: Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Two Cellos, Op. 18
  • Tiensuu: ...kahdenkesken (Two of Us) for Piano, Four Hands
  • Bermel: Death with Interruptions for Piano, Violin, and Cello (CMS Co-Commission, New York Premiere)
  • Widmann: Selections from 24 Duos for Violin and Cello
  • Kernis: Two Movements (with Bells) for Violin and Piano
  • Kirchner: Trio No. 1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello
  • Goldstein: ...shreds and patches... for Piano (CMS Co-Commission, World Premiere)
  • Ives: Sonata No. 2 for Piano, “Concord, Mass., 1840-60”

Ives: Sonata No. 2 for Piano, “Concord, Mass., 1840-60”

SOMETHING TO KNOW:

This transcendentalism-inspired sonata has movements depicting Ralph Waldo Emerson (Slowly), Nathaniel Hawthorne (Very fast), Bronson and Louisa May Alcott (Moderately), and Henry David Thoreau (Starting slowly and quietly).

SOMETHING TO LISTEN FOR:

Ives named the main theme the ‘human faith melody.’ It appears in all four movements, but its clearest statement is in The Alcotts, where it appears near the end as a rousing hymn.

Recorded live in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio on April 30, 2015.

Video directed by Tristan Cook

  • Gilbert Kalish

    Piano

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